Weather Journal: Tuesday Brings a Hint of Spring

Tuesday delivers Greater New York’s nicest day of the week, with an afternoon of spring-like warmth and mostly sunny skies.

It was expected that Monday might be the warmest day of the week and by 4 p.m. the temperature in Central Park reached 50 degrees. Thanks to an area of weak high pressure building into the region, Tuesday’s temperatures will be even warmer. New York City and Long Island can look forward to highs around 60 degrees, while northern and inland areas will experience highs in the lower and middle 50s.

These pleasant temperatures will be coupled with a mild northwest wind at around 10 mph, with a few gusts as high as 21 mph possible. On Tuesday evening, skies grow cloudy ahead of an approaching area of low pressure, winds diminish and low temperatures ranging from the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Greater New Yorkers are advised to enjoy Tuesday’s balmy conditions: although Tuesday afternoon’s temperatures may make snow seem like a thing of the past, wintery weather returns on Wednesday.

A storm system is set develop across the Midwest on Tuesday night and move into the tri-state area on Wednesday, bringing rain showers to the region beginning in the early afternoon. As colder air flows in from the north, rain will change to snow on Wednesday evening, but little to no accumulation is expected. Once the storm exits the region on Thursday morning, skies should start to clear but cooler temperatures in the 30s stick around for Thursday and Friday.